
About this season
A unique style of cutout animation tells the story of eight-year-old Angela, her weird and wonderful friends, and her sworn enemy--snobby Nanette Manoir.
Episodes (52)
1. Vicious Cycle / To Catch a Thief
Aired 7 September 2000 • 30 min
Angela is not looking forward to the annual bicycle race. While she's stuck with her brother's hand me down bikes, Nanette rides the best bikes money can buy, and naturally rides rings around her and the competition. This year seems to be no different, until Angela stumbles upon an unidentifiable wallet containing enough money to buy a top quality bike. Tapwater Springs erupts into uproar after the Manoirs have several of their possessions stolen from them.
2. The List / French Connection
Aired 7 September 2000 • 30 min
After getting into an ice skating accident, Angela becomes furious when everyone, even her friends, start joking with her because of it. She hides in the toilets and writes a list of jibes about everyone "who annoyed her" on a roll of toilet paper. When Nanette discovers the list, she starts blackmailing Angela into doing chores for her with it. The Anacondas get a Parisienne foreign exchange student called CiCi LeCreme who becomes friends with Nanette yet refuses to invite CiCi to her own house (under claims that their house is being fumigated for fleas).
3. A Bug Responsibility / Pogo-A-Go-Go
Aired 14 September 2000 • 30 min
Josephine Praline lends Angela her collection of insects to mind for her. However, Angela may not be capable of such a big responsibility. Angela starts practising using a pogostick, something which she is very bad at.
4. Snow Mercy / Be-Trayed
Aired 14 September 2000 • 30 min
Nanette tricks Johnny into being on her side during a snowball fight with Angela. When the school's "dump your lunch not your tray" policy causes Mrs. Brinks' class to lose recess, Angela admits to the crime, despite her innocence.
5. Earhart's Heirloom / Ancient Greeks
Aired 21 September 2000 • 30 min
Mrs. Brinks promises to show the class her family heirloom, a compass belonging to Amelia Earhart, if they behave for at least 30 days. Just as Mrs. Brinks is about to show them the compass, Angela accidentally ruins the deal by chewing on bubblegum. Angela then formulates a plan to make it up to Mrs. Brinks with her birthday. Nanette writes a "three-act Greek tragedy" casting all of the students in roles. Angela's plan to use reverse psychology in hopes of getting the part of Hercules backfires when Nanette casts the role to Gordy Rhinehart. Instead, Angela gets cast in a variety of other roles, including Medusa, Prometheus and Atlas due to Nanette's displeasure in Angela's acting performance.
6. Brinks of No Return / Operation Ringside
Aired 21 September 2000 • 30 min
Angela is forced to stay at Mrs. Brinks' house when her family fails to pick her up due to a rainstorm. Once at Mrs. Brinks' house, Angela and Mr. Brinks are slaved around by Mrs. Brinks while she does nothing, and to make matters worse, Nanette has arrived. Coach Rhinehart has a new and unknown job, one which has been cutting into quality time between him and Gordy for the past month. Coincidentally, a wrestler known as the Masked Menace has begun a meteoric month-long rise through the local wrestling circuit. Angela and her friends try to figure out whether or not Coach Rhinehart and the Masked Menace are the same person.
7. Eating with the Enemy / Brocc-Fest
Aired 28 September 2000 • 30 min
Mr. Manoir learns about Bill Anaconda's latest $20-winning invention, the Food Rejuvenator 3000, which turns dried fruit back into fresh fruit. He offers to invest money into it if it impresses him. Gen and Bill reluctantly invite the Manoirs for dinners. At the Tapwater Springs Broccoli Festival, Mrs. Brinks and Coach Rhinehart are mesmerized at Angela's painting of a broccoli inspired by Baby Lulu's bonnet. Angela then faces the prospect of becoming "Keeper of the Broccoli" when, in fact, she hates broccoli.
8. All for One / Uncle Nicky's Midlife Crisis
Aired 28 September 2000 • 30 min
Angela gets paired with Nanette on a nature hike. After finding a gray hair on his chest, Uncle Nicky believes himself to be turning old and goes out of his way to act young.
9. Oh the Humanatees / In a Pepper Pickle
Aired 5 October 2000 • 30 min
At the town's annual Save the Manatees auction, local hero Astronaut Bob offers himself as a last minute prize. Angela, having lost her chance to win a space helmet to Nanette, is the highest bidder. But Nanette schemes her way into Astronaut Bob's heart and manages to thwart any and all of Angela's attempts to have fun. An unscrewed pepper shaker lid prank against Mark and Derek backfires against Angela and she has to go to school with a nose full of itchy pepper.
10. Boo-Who? / The Haunting Of Angela Anaconda
Aired 5 October 2000 • 30 min
Angela is planning on going trick or treating with her friends but can't risk wearing one of her mother's homemade costumes, so she orders an "Astro-Nutties" costume in the mail. On Halloween night, Angela decides to give Mark and Derek a scare. When the lights start flickering and strange, howling noises echo through Angela's garage, Angela wonders if her garage is really haunted or if it is just Mark and Derek playing usual tricks.
11. The Lion, the Witch and the Weasel / Curse of the Mummy
Aired 12 October 2000 • 30 min
At the zoo, Angela is chosen to do an assignment on the weasel, an animal that hasn't been seen since 1987. At the museum, the mummy of King Tutankhamun falls on Angela, giving her what appears to be bad luck.
12. No Thanksgiving / Family Tree
Aired 12 October 2000 • 30 min
When her family gets sick from Nanette's visit, it's up to Angela to cook Thanksgiving dinner. As a school project, Angela must trace her roots to see if her ancestors were of any significance to Tapwater Springs, even to see if Angela was related to the people who owned Miss Netty, the cow who saved Tapwater Springs from a wildfire on February 11, 1901. Angela eventually finds out that the Manior family owned Miss Netty, but through pieces of a photo she discovers that the cow was actually the one who started the fire.
13. Goodbye Mrs. Brinks / The Birdlady of Tapwater Springs
Aired 19 October 2000 • 30 min
Mrs. Brinks reveals that she plans on leaving when the school is visited by Dr. Danny Fanny. To make sure Mrs. Brinks leaves, Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy dress in neat clothes and act good. To make sure Mrs Brinks stays, Nanette, January and Karlene dress up as punks, nickname themselves "Bruiser" (Nanette) "Cheeky" (January) and "Grunt" (Karlene) and act bad. After Angela revives an unconscious bird, everyone thinks she has "healing powers" and is given a variety of problems to "heal." However, Nanette is the only who thinks Angela's healing powers are fake and tries to exploit it, only to find herself in trouble with Mrs. Brinks.
14. Secret Santa / Hooray for Chanukah
Aired 19 October 2000 • 30 min
The class picks Secret Santas for Christmas. When Angela picks Nanette much to her chagrin, she must decide between buying a bottle of "toilet water" or a toaster for French toast. Uncle Nicky accidentally loses Gina Lash's great-grandmother's menorah in a game of dreidel and Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy go on a crusade from place to place to retrieve the menorah in time for the Chanukah party.
15. Return to Sender / I Wanna Mold Your Band
Aired 26 October 2000 • 30 min
The class each get a pen pal, and Angela gets Marie Antoinette from France as hers. When Marie Antoinette's letters turn malicious, Angela begins to suspect Nanette is responsible. Mr. Tastee Twirl hosts a talent contest which the winner will get to ride around in the truck and ring the bell. Angela and Her Band-Aconda compete against Nanette's girl group, the Ooh La La La Lahs.
16. Don't Be Caddie / The Pup Who Would Be King
Aired 26 October 2000 • 30 min
Angela and her friends try to keep cool during the hottest day in Tapwater Springs. When they stumble across the member's only pool at the town country club, Angela and her friends wind up "helping" Mark and Derek with their jobs as caddies. King gives birth to a litter of puppies, one of which looks exactly like her, which Angela names King II. However, to Angela's shock, King II gets adopted by Mrs Brinks and renamed as Princess.
17. Cheese Under Pressure / Troop or Consequences
Aired 2 November 2000 • 30 min
Angela tries to find the perfect food in order to trade off her liverwurst sandwiches. Nothing she tries seems to work until a can of Squiggly Cheese changes her lunchtime fortunes change for the better. Gordy is recruited into the Junior Ranger-ettes by Angela and Gina in their efforts to keep January and Karlene from electing Nanette as troop leader.
18. The Great Granny Grudge / News at Eleven
Aired 2 November 2000 • 30 min
After taking Grandma Lou to Abatti's Pizza for lunch, it is revealed that Grandma Lou and Nona Abatti have had a lifelong feud and even go so far as to prevent Angela and Johnny from being friends. Nanette is unsurprisingly chosen as head anchor when Mrs. Brinks' class is chosen to do a newscast for the town's community-access channel. Angela, by contrast, is given the farm report. All seems lost until one of Farmer Jangels' goats gives birth to six kids.
19. The Girl with All the Answers / Good Seats
Aired 9 November 2000 • 30 min
Gina is one gold star away from being crowned Q&A Queen and defeating Nanette in the process. When Gina eats too much the night before the final competition, the crown is as good as Nanette's, until Angela stumbles upon the teacher's edition of their textbook. Angela would love to become the new Q&A Queen though in her heart she knows that Gina truly deserves the coronation. Angela and her friends win free tickets to the movie Interstellar Mega Giants vs. Mechanataur, but obstacles prevent her from finding the best seats in the theatres.
20. The Haunting Of Angela Anaconda
Aired 9 November 2000 • 30 min
On Halloween night, Angela decides to give Mark and Derek a scare. When the lights start flickering and strange, howling noises echo through Angela's garage, Angela wonders if her garage is really haunted or if it is just Mark and Derek playing usual tricks.
21. Gordy in the Plastic Bubble / Camp Anaconda
Aired 16 November 2000 • 30 min
After looking at an eyelash under a microscope and spotting a microbe on it, Gordy becomes mysophobic and refuses to leave the house. After dropping out of "Camp Connie" Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy stay at the Anaconda's home which they rename as "Camp Anaconda". Camp Anaconda however seems to be even worse, as Angela's brothers won't let them do anything at all.
22. Sound of Silence / Johnny Learns to Swing
Aired 16 November 2000 • 30 min
Football season is cancelled when Coach Rhinehart loses his voice. Not only does this provide Mark and Derek with ample time to torture Angela, but the team loses the next game (courtesy of Gordy Rinehart’s words-of-wisdom). Angela must find a way to get the coach healthy again. When Johnny finds that he has grown his "first ever Abatti chest hair", Uncle Nicky begins to pressure Johnny into manhood. After a "crash course in coolness", Johnny's reemergence as "John-O" slowly begins to disgust Angela and her friends.
23. Firm-A-Foam / For the Love of the Game
Aired 23 November 2000 • 30 min
Angela looks forward to spending Take Your Kids to Work Day helping her father Bill with his inventions. Instead, she assists her father at his day job as a travelling salesman selling expandable foam. Jimmy Jamal goes away and trusts Angela to keep his "Slamboy" game for him until he returns. However, Nanette takes the batteries, causing Jimmy's saved game to be lost, and Angela must get Jimmy's game back.
24. Jiggly Fruit Classic / Race Car Race
Aired 23 November 2000 • 30 min
The evil Jiggly Fruit mascot Jiggly James announces that Jiggly Fruit will be replaced by "New Jiggly Fruit" which tastes disgusting. Angela, Gina and even Mrs Brinks go out of their way to protest against New Jiggly Fruit and bring back old Jiggly Fruit, even going so far as to replace Mrs. Brinks' lectures with protest periods and masquerading as the "Jiggly Angels". Johnny gets into an accident preparing for the soapbox race car derby. Disappointed with himself, Johnny is convinced he has lost his racing magic and Angela must take the wheel.
25. Surf's Up / Dog Gone It
Aired 30 November 2000 • 30 min
Mrs. Lash takes Angela and her friends to the beach. The four of them are thrilled to be out of school and on the shore; until Nanette and her posse show up to spoil their fun. To make matters worse, Mrs. Brinks is a volunteer lifeguard. Angela and her friends must save Mark and Derek's softball from a possessive neighbourhood dog named Carnivorous.
26. Episode 26
Aired 30 November 2000
27. Episode 27
Aired 21 December 2000
28. Episode 28
Aired 21 December 2000
29. Episode 29
Aired 4 January 2001
30. Episode 30
Aired 4 January 2001
31. Episode 31
Aired 11 January 2001
32. Episode 32
Aired 11 January 2001
33. Episode 33
Aired 18 January 2001
34. Episode 34
Aired 18 January 2001
35. Episode 35
Aired 25 January 2001
36. Episode 36
Aired 25 January 2001
37. Episode 37
Aired 1 February 2001
38. Episode 38
Aired 1 February 2001
39. Episode 39
Aired 8 February 2001
40. Episode 40
Aired 8 February 2001
41. Episode 41
Aired 15 February 2001
42. Episode 42
Aired 15 February 2001
43. Episode 43
Aired 22 February 2001
44. Episode 44
Aired 22 February 2001
45. Episode 45
Aired 1 March 2001
46. Episode 46
Aired 1 March 2001
47. Episode 47
Aired 8 March 2001
48. Episode 48
Aired 8 March 2001
49. Episode 49
Aired 15 March 2001
50. Episode 50
Aired 15 March 2001
51. Childhood for Sale
Aired 22 March 2001
To cover the damage done to Mrs. Brink's window, Angela takes Uncle Nicky's advice and decides to sell some of her stuff. But as nostalgia makes her "keep" pile grow and grow, Angela must choose between parting with her belongings or the prospect of working off the debt.
52. The Best is Yeti to Come
Aired 22 March 2001
On a family picnic, Angela is convinced that she has photographed an elusive yeti. When nobody believes her, she decides to stake out the park.